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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1538-1664
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Carcat, Carket, n. Also: carkat, -eit. [e.m.E. carket (1580), app. a reduced form of carknet carcanet.] = Carcan.(a) 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 7.
For ane carcat of gold garnist witht xviij fyne rubeis a1585 Maitland Maitland Quarto MS ii. 36.
Thair collaris, carcattis, and hals beiddis 1589 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 21 b.
Tua carcattis of geit 1603 Moysie 84.
Ane carkat of perle 1603 Philotus xxviii.
For to decoir ane carkat craif That cumlie collour bane 1615 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII. 282.
Ane pair of braisletis of gold and ane carcat 1664 Ib. LXXI. 258.
Twa carcats of jeatt with beades(b) 1576 Edinburgh Testaments IV. 137.
Twa carkettis, price of the pece xvij s vj d. 1596 Montgomery Mem. 235.
Ane cheineȝe of perle, ane carkeit of perle 1605 Edinburgh Testaments XL. 35.
xx gold ringis, … tua carkettis 1664 Ib. LXXI. 382.
Ane half carkett of gold sett with mother of pearle
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